"Scattered To The Wind" Dispersal And Wanderings Of The Acadians, 1755-1809

CARL A. BRASSEAUX

Publication: Published by The Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1991, Lafayette, Louisiana

First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, [4], 84 pp., frontispiece (map), maps, endnotes, index. Documents the expulsion and global dispersal of the Acadians following their deportation by the British beginning in 1755. The Acadians were French-speaking settlers in the Canadian Maritime provinces. Discusses The Grand Derangement; where Acadians were displaced to, including Virginia, the Carolinas, New England, the Caribbean, and Louisiana; the survival, settlement patterns, and identities of Acadian communities as they adapted to new regions. Also offers maps and tables illustrating migration routes and demographic distribution. Fine copy.